Chapter 9, Problem 9SI

Explanation of Solution

Effects of internet and database technology over libraries:

Internet and database technology cause several alterations in libraries and affect the libraries as:

• Number of visitors in libraries decreases with the increment in the popularity of internet.
• Less popularity to libraries due to internet and database technology.

In spite of these facts, the libraries are still better than the internet and database technology due to the various reasons such as:

• Quality control in internet is not maintained.
• Internet causes several threats, security risks and theft of personal data.
• Spending more time on internet causes strain vision.
• Not everything accessible on the internet is protected.
• High costs of internet facilities.
• Not everyone uses and knows electronics and computers.
• Not everything is available at one place.
• Children are more vulnerable to cyber attack due to less knowledge of database technology.

Until now libraries are better for humans than internet and database technologies due to cybercrimes and several other but further developments of internet facilities and database technologies can match the effectiveness of libraries...